Ministry of Environment Archives - Keystone Environmental

Mitigating Invasive Species Damage

by Keystone Environmental | Feb 5, 2020 | Biology, Contaminated Sites, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Invasive species are non-native plants and animals that have been introduced to British Columbia and are understood to cause, or likely cause economic, social, or environmental damage. In addition to causing harm to native ecosystems, invasive species can negatively...

Amendments to the Riparian Areas Regulation of BC

by Keystone Environmental | Nov 7, 2019 | Biology, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Streams, lakes, wetlands and their riparian areas (i.e., streamside vegetation) are protected in BC as instream habitat in the form of water, trees, shrubs. Protection is provided under the Riparian Areas Regulation (RAR), which was enacted under Section 12 of the...

Amendments of the Fisheries Act Become Law

by Keystone Environmental | Aug 21, 2019 | Biology, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Regulatory, Wildlife Regulations

On February 6th, 2018 bill C-68 proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act to restore lost protections as a result of previous changes to the Fisheries Act in 2012, while creating new protection for Canada’s marine resources. On June 21, 2019 these amendments to the...

Contaminated Soil Relocation in BC

by Keystone Environmental | Mar 11, 2019 | City of Vancouver, Contaminated Sites, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Newsletter, Regulatory

Current and Future Changes Previously, soils that exceeded the former Schedule 7 standards of the Contaminated Sites Regulation (CSR) could only be moved to a site other than a permitted landfill with a Contaminated Soil Relocation Agreement. These instruments were...

White Sturgeon | An Uncertain Future for the Dinosaur of our Rivers

by Keystone Environmental | Jan 24, 2019 | Biology, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Source: Wikipedia White Sturgeon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_sturgeon) With extensive habitat change and increasing recreational fisheries pressures throughout their range, the future of white sturgeon in British Columbia has been called to question. White...

Acoustic Bat Monitoring

by Keystone Environmental | Oct 18, 2018 | Biology, City of Vancouver, Environment, Ministry of Environment, Wildlife Regulations

Bats are an important, but often an overlooked part of many natural and urban ecosystems, as they consume nuisance insect populations such as mosquitoes and beetles that impact crops and forestry. Currently, 15 of the 18 species of bat recognized in Canada occur in...